Ontario commences retail sports betting at casinos

Ontario commences retail sports betting at casinos

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  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers
October 29, 2022 3:23 PM

There’s a new avenue for sports betting in Ontario: casinos.

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Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) announced on Friday that its casino service providers — such as Caesars Entertainment Inc. and Great Canadian Entertainment — are preparing to unveil brick-and-mortar sportsbooks at certain facilities across the province. At least 10 of those casinos opened their sportsbooks to the public on Friday and began taking bets.

The physical sportsbooks are in addition to the more than 20 online sports betting sites that have legally launched in Canada’s most populous province since April, and which Ontario casinos could now try to compete with by rolling out Las Vegas-like wagering experiences.